Hay-press.



No. 760,014. PATENTED MAY 17, 1904. A. H. & L. G. OQUINN. HAY PRESS.

. APPLICATION FILED DEG.10, 1903.

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No. 700,014. PATENTED MAY 17, 1904. A. H. 0 L. 0. OQUINN. HAY PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. 10, 1903.

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APPLICATION FILED DEC. 10, 1903.

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UNITED Y STATES Patented May 17, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE. Y

HAY-PRESS- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 760,014,datedMay. 17, 1904.

Application filed December 10, 1903- Serial No. 184,704. (No model.) 1

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ALEXANDER H. OQUINN and LEONARD C. OQUINN, citizensof the United States, residing at Jesup, in the countyof Wayne and Stateof Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHay-Presses; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact descrip- Y {tion of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to newand useful improvements in baling presses;and the object of the invention is to generally improve upon this classof inventions, and in carrying out our invention we provide means forautomati ically feeding the material to be baled into I the presses,said feedingmechanism'being actuated by the stem of the plunger and thewill be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined .inthe appended claims.

'We illustrate our invention in the accompanying drawings, which, withthe letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisapplication, and in which drawings similar letters of reference indicatelike parts in the views, in whicl Figure l is a side elevation of ourimproved baling-press, showing the feeding mechanism raised to itshighest limit. Fig. 2 is a view showing the feeding mechanism depressedand the plunger withdrawn. Fig. '3 is a top plan view of our improvedpress, showing the mechanism in readiness to cause the plunger to bewithdrawn. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line 4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 isan enlarged detail in perspective of the feeding mechanism. Fig. 6 is anenlarged detail in perspective of the plunger feeding apparatus andmeans for retracting the plunger.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A andA designate two sections of the framework of the balingpress, which arepreferably pivoted together at A inany suitable mannerand so arranged asto render the frame convenient for transportation by detaching the twosections. The section A carries the sweep B, which is mounted andadaptedto'rotate the post B, which latter is journaled in thecross-pieces C and G of the frame. Said cross-pieces C are supported bythe vertical beams C and braced by the pieces C. Fixed to and adapted toturn with saidpost B are horizontal ly-disposed arms C and each of whichhas an antifriction-wheel D, journaled ina recess in 'the'end'ofeacharm. Each of said antifriction-wheels is mounted upon a pin D, the endof which projects above the upper face of the arm and is adapted to forma bearing for an 'antif1'iction-roller (Z. h

E designates the phmger beam, which is adapted to reciprocate in arecess E, formed in the cross-piece E and at the outer end of said beamis fastened a beam E at right angles thereto and has a notch E, whichnotch is provided to cooperate with a shoulder c upon the arm 0",adjacent to the post carrying the same, forf'the purpose of preventingthe plungers rebounding. A diagonally-disposed brace E is fastened atoneend to the piece E", while its forward end is fastened to the beam E,as shown clearly in Fig. 3 of the drawings. Said brace E hasa playthrough an elongated slot E in the end of the crosspiece E. A bar F ispivoted at F to the plunger-beam E and passes through an aperture E inthe cross-piece E and is adapted to bear against an antifriction-wheele, journaled on. a pin 0, passing through said slot or aperture E, whilethe free end of the bar F is formed into a hoolnas at F (Clearly seen inFigs. 3 and 6 of the drawings.) Said bar F is so positioned that at eachforward throw of the plunger-beam the outer edge of said bar willcontact with the antifrictionwheel and throw the free end of the bartoward the plunger-beam and into the position illustrated in Fig. 3 ofthe drawings, in which one or the other of the antifrictionrollers (Zwill contact with said hook, and upon further rotary movement of thesweep the bar F will cause the plunger to be withdrawn from thebaling-press. After the arms C and C are substantially in alinement withthe cross-piece G the antifriction-roller which is in contact with thehooked end of the bar F will roll away from the hook and the plungerwill be at rest until the antifriction-roller on the end of the otherarm comes in contact with the cross-piece E at the end of theplunger-beam E. In order that the antifrictionwheels D may be guided andheld to the crosspiece E we provide grooves in the face of thecross-piece E in which the antifrictionwheels are adapted to run.

The section A of the apparatus comprises the baling-box G and theextension-tables H and H, which are adapted to contact with the upperand lower faces of a bale after it has been pushed forward from thebaling-press. In order to hold the table H yieldingly against the bales,springs K are provided, which are mounted upon the rods K, mounted inthe uprights K, said springs bearing between the cross-piece I, mountedon the table H, and the cross-piece I, which is fastened to the uprightsK O designates a hopper through which the material to be baled is fedinto the press, and pivotally mounted upon the pieces N, which rise fromthe table H, are arms N, which carry a feeding-head N made preferably oftwo side plates connected by a cross-piece, as shown clearly in Fig. 5of the drawings, and of such size as to nearly fill the feeding-aperturein the press-bottom. A rack comprising two beams M and M (shown clearlyin Fig. 5 of the drawings) is provided, which has a cross-piece Pconnecting their upper ends and is provided with a second crosspiece Q,spaced apart from the cross-piece P, and through said space pass the twobeams N. The cross-piece Q is pivotally mounted in the beams M and M,and the arms N are fixed to the cross-piece Q, so that as the lower endsof the beams M and M are driven toward the exit end of the baling-pressby means which will be presently described the feeding member N will beraised in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 5 of the drawings, and asthe feeding member is thrown to its highest position the cross-piece Qwill rock upon its pivotal pins.

Fastened to the plunger-beam is a bar J, (shown clearly in Figs. 3 and 5of the drawings,) said bar being provided with recesses J on onelongitudinal edge thereof, which recesses come in contact with thevertical post of the feeding-box and limit the forward throw of theplunger. The plunger-head is designated in the drawings by letter R andmay be of any suitable construction which may be found adapted for thepurpose. Upon the opposite sides of the press-box are twohorizontally-disposed grooved ways (designated in the drawingsby letterT) having grooves T, as

shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, provided with a recess t, in which thelower ends of the beams M and M engage when they are driven forward asthe plunger enters the press-box. Fastened to the ends of thecross-piece J are two bars W, which are slightly inclined, and each ofwhich is adapted to rest and move in a groove T, and the purpose of saidbars is to push the lower ends of the beams M and M forward as theplunger compresses the bale and for the purpose of causing the lowerends of the beams M and M to engage the recesses 25 and hold the feedingmember N suspended and at rest for a moment while the plunger is beingwithdrawn and aflording an opportunity for an operator to place a newsupply of material underneath the bar N to be forced down into thepress-box.

In order to throw the feeding member down into the opening in thepress-box, we provide the beams V, which are fastened to the crosspieceJ and carry near their forward ends the pins V, which project from theinner faces of said beams and are adapted to draw against the rear edgesof the beams M and M near their lower ends as the plunger is withdrawnfrom the press. A detail of this feature is clearly shown in Fig. 5 ofthe drawings, in which one of the pins is shown as in contact with therear edge of the beam M, and as the plunger begins to be withdrawn thepressure of the pin upon the beam will cause the lower end thereof to beraised out of the recess in which it seats and to be driven forward inadvance of the 'pin.

X X designates springs, which are fastened at their rear ends to thecross-piece X? upon the table H, and mounted upon the free ends of saidsprings is an antifriction-roller Y, which normally rests over the edgeof the filling-aperture in the press-box, and against which the inneredges of the feeding member N contact as said feeding member is forceddown into the press-box. By the provision of the roller Y referred tothe hand feeding is rendered much easier. and less dangerous to theoperator than would be the case without said roller, and in case thehands of the operator accidentally arecaught by the feeding member thesprings will yield and allow the operator to withdraw his hands. Anotherobject of the roller is to cause the material ,being baled to readilyenter the press-box and to prevent the same from catching over the edgeof the aperture leading into the box.

The operation of our press is simple and is as follows: A horse or otherpower being applied to the sweep, as the postcarrying the sweep may berotated and as one or the other of the antifriction wheels carried uponthe arms of the post comes in contact with the cross-piece of theplunger-beam the latter will be driven forward. As said plunger isdriven forward the arms W, secured to the crosspiece fastened to theplunger-beam, will contact with the lower free ends of thebeams M and Mand push said beams forward and cause the feeding member to be raisedout of the press-box. As the plunger completes its inner or forwardthrow the lower ends of the beams M and M will drop into the recesses tin the grooved ways, and the feeding mechanism will be at rest until theplunger reaches its farthest outward limit or until the pins V at theends ofthe arms V come in contact with the rear edges of the beams M andM, and as the plunger completes its outer throw said pins will cause thebeams M and M to be drawn forward, and the feeding member will be forceddown into the opening into the press-box. The intermittent movementwhich is imparted to the feeding mechanism is sufiicient to allow theoperator to place material underneath the feeding mechanism while theplunger is still in operation.

By the provision of a baling-press embody; ing the features of ourinvention it will be observed that an apparatus is produced for greatlyexpediting the baling of materials and of an efficient and simpleautomatic means for make alterations, desired, in' the detailedconstruction of the same without in any way:

departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we clalm as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A baling-press comprising in combination with'a press-box, a feedingmechanism mounted thereon, a' plunger working insaid press-box, aplunger-beam, a rotary post with a sweep secured thereto, armsprojecting from said post, antifriction-wheels carried by said armsadapted to contact with the outer end of the plunger-beam to drive thesame forward as the post is rotated, a pivotal bar mounted upon theplunger-beam having a free hooked end, engaged by saidantifriction-wheels as thepost rotates, whereby the plunger may bewithdrawn from the press-box, and means actuated by the plunger-beam foroperating the feeding mechanism, as set forth.

2. A baling-press comprising in combination with a press-box, a feedingmechanism mounted thereon, a plunger working in said press-box, aplunger-beam, a rotary post, arms projecting therefrom andantifriction-wheels carried by said arms and adapted to contact with theouter end of the plunger-beam to drive the plunger into the press-box, ahooked bar pivotally mounted upon the beam of the plunger, and adaptedto be engaged by said antifriction-wheels, a cross-piece having anaperture through which said bar is guided, and means actuated by theplunger-beam for operating the feeding mechanism, as set forth.

3. A baling-press comprising in combinaanism, as set forth.

tion with a press-box with feeding mechanism mounted thereon, a plungerworking in said box, a beam projecting from said plunger, an aperturedcross-piece through which said beam is guided, arotary post withplunger-driving arms mounted thereon, antifriction wheels journaled inthe ends of said arms, a pivotal hooked bar mounted upon theplunger-beam and guided through an aperture in said crosspiece, saidatntifriction-wheels adapted to contact with the hooked end of said barto withdraw the plunger from the press-box as the post is rotated, andmeans for preventing the plunger-beam from rebounding, and mechanismactuated by the plunger-beam foroperating the feedingapparatus, as setforth.

4:. A baling-press comprising in combination with a press-box andfeeding mechanism mounted thereon, a plunger working in said box, a beamsecured to said plunger, an apertured cross-piece through which saidbeam is guided, an antifriction-wheel mounted in an aperture in saidcross-piece, a hooked bar pivoted. to the beam and passing through anaperture in the cross-piece and against said antifriction-wheel, arotary post with arms thereon, antifrictiOn-wheels carried said arms, agrooved member secured to the plungerbeam and in which theantifricti'on-wheels carried by said arms are adaptedto'travel as thebeam is driven forward by the rotary movement of said post, saidantifriction-wheels uponsaid arms adapted to engage the hooked end ofsaid bar to withdraw the plunger from the press box, and means actuatedby the plunger-beam for operating the feeding mech- 5. A baling-presscomprising in combination witha press-box, a feeding mechanism mountedthereon, a plunger l beam secured thereto, a rotary'post" with armsprojecting IIO tates, whereby" the beam may be withdrawn from thepress-box, and means actuated, by said beam to actuate the feedingmember, as set forth.

'6. Abaling-press comprising a frame made up of two sections connectedtogether, a pressbox carried by one of saidsections, a feeding mechanismmounted upon said press-box, an aperturedcross-piece mounted upon theother of said sections, a rotary post with arms projecting therefrom,antifriction-wheels carried by said arms, a plunger and plunger-beam,the latter guided through an aperture in said cross-piece, a hooked barpivoted to said beam projecting therefrom, antifriction-wheels carriedby said arms, a shoulder on one of said arms, a grooved bar fixed to theouter end of the plunger-beam and securely braced, a recess formed inthe outer face of said grooved bar, a pivotal hooked bar mounted uponthe plunger-beam, an apertured cross-beam through which said plunger andhooked bar are guided, said antifriction-wheels adapted to contact withthe free hooked end of said bar to withdraw the plunger, and meansactuated by the plunger-beam for operating the feeding mechanism, as setforth.

8. A baling-press comprising in combination with a press-box and frametherefor, a plunger, a beam secured to said plunger and means forreciprocating said beam, a pivotal feeding member having arms mountedupon the frame of the press-box, a rack fixed to the arms of saidfeeding member, arms carried by the plunger-beam and adapted to contactwith said rack to raise the feeding member from the press-box,pin-carrying bars carried by the plunger-beam adapted to draw the lowerportion of the rack forward and throw the feeding member into theopening of the pressbox, as set forth.

9. A baling-press comprising in combination with a press-box, a plungerworking therein, a beam secured to said plunger, a feeding memberpivotally mounted above the press-box, a rack having a pivotalcross-piece mounted thereon, beams secured-to said rack, guideways inwhich the lower ends of the beams of the rack travel, means carried bythe plunger-beam for moving the beams of the rack forward and back,whereby said feeding member may be raised and lowered from thepress-box, as set forth.

10. A baling-press comprising in combination with a press-box, a plungerworking therein, a beam secured to said plunger, means for reciprocatingthe plunger, a feeding member comprising arms pivotally mounted upon theframe of the press-box, and a cross-piece connecting plates fastened tosaid arms, a rack, beams secured thereto, a movable cross-piece mountedupon said rack to which said arms are fastened, guideways on theopposite sides of the press-box in which the beams of said rack travel,the bottoms of the grooves of said guideways being recessed to receivethe ends of the beams of the rack to hold the feeding member at itshighest limit, and means carried by the plunger-beam for moving saidrack forwardand back, as set forth.

11. Abaling-press comprising in combination with a press-box, a plungermounted therein, a beam secured to said plunger and means for actuatingthe plunger, a pivotal feeding member mounted upon the press-frame,guideways upon opposite sides of the press-box, a rack having a pivotalcross-piece to which the arms of the feeding member are fixed, beamssecured to said rack with their lower ends adapted to slide in saidgrooved ways, the bottoms of the grooved ways being recessed to receivethe ends of said beams and hold the feeding member at its highest limit,a crosspiece secured to the plunger-beam, and arms carried by saidcross-piece and adapted to operate said rack, as the plungerreciprocates, as set forth.

12. A baling-press comprising in combination with a press box, a plungerworking therein, a beam secured to said plunger, means for reciprocatingthe plunger, a feeding member pivotally mounted over the press-box,grooved guideways on the opposite sides of the box, a rack having apivotal cross-piece to which the arms of said feeding member are fixed,beams connected to said rack with their lower ends adapted to slide insaid grooved ways, the bottoms of the grooves of said ways beingrecessed, a cross-piece secured to the plunger-beam, arms carried bysaid crosspiece and designed to contact with the ends of the beams ofthe rack to throw the same into said recesses as the plunger is drivenforward,

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bars fastened to said cross-piece and pins car- ALEXANDER H. OQUINN.LEONARD C. OQUINN.

Witnesses:

1 H. T. MoCALL, S. F. ELLIs.

